1988 Gloucester City Council election

The 1988 Gloucester City Council election took place on 3 May 1988 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England.

Results

Gloucester City Council election, 1988

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	17				51.5
	Labour	9				27.3
	SLD	6				18.2
	Other	1				3.0

Ward results

Barnwood

Barnwood 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Cook	2,052	51.7
	Labour	Ms.* E. Hedge	1,639	41.3
	SLD	Ms. V. Wilcox	275	6.9
Turnout			3,966	43.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barton

Barton 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Cosstick	1,207	53.7
	Conservative	D. Pollard	915	40.7
	SLD	Ms. A. Gribble	127	5.6
Turnout			2,249	39.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Eastgate

Eastgate 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Martin	1,364	57.5
	Conservative	P. Scannell	808	34.0
	SLD	S. Gribble	202	8.5
Turnout			2,374	42.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Hucclecote

Hucclecote 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C.* Pullon	1,562	49.3
	SLD	S. O'Connor	1,002	31.6
	Labour	Ms. A. Masters	606	19.1
Turnout			3,170	50.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsholm

Kingsholm 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Ms. M. Gould	1,721	53.1
	Conservative	B. Hamblett	1,245	38.4
	Labour	S. Russell	277	8.5
Turnout			3,243	51.0
	SLD hold		Swing

Linden

Linden 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Phillips	1,004	43.1
	Conservative	D. James	999	42.9
	SLD	A. Gribble	324	13.9
Turnout			2,327	41.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Longlevens

Longlevens 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Neary	1,595	55.1
	Labour	B. Richards	971	33.5
	SLD	J. Goodwin	330	11.4
Turnout			2,896	45.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Matson

Matson 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J.* Holmes	955	53.9
	Conservative	N. Ravenhill	893	35.3
	SLD	G. Phillips	190	7.5
Turnout			2,038	41.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Podsmead

Podsmead 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Ms. C. Vaughan	1,210	43.9
	Conservative	Ms. E. Orr	970	35.2
	Labour	Ms. C. Wood	578	21.0
Turnout			2,758	46.1
	SLD hold		Swing

Tuffley

Tuffley 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Meredith	1,443	48.2
	Conservative	Ms. J. Bracey	1,346	45.0
	SLD	Ms. J. Cole	205	6.8
Turnout			2,994	48.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Westgate

Westgate 1988

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	P. Aplin	1,102	46.6
	Conservative	C.* Fudge	899	38.0
	Labour	A. Francis	365	15.4
Turnout			2,366	44.6
	SLD gain from Conservative		Swing